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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 177794" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>Me too on the mealworms. I simply cut the head off & pop one in. As timc says, a tub lasts forever for most of us. So what I do is, I use a de headed one, which makes it easier & safer to use. I pop one in, on day one, remove it day two & on day three I pop a another one in. The slings have the option of fresh food every other day. The head being off means the mealworm does not bury it's self & then reappear as a potentially dangerous beetle for your sling. With the head off the mealworm will still move slightly for a long time & it has an opening to it's guts.</p><p></p><p>A whole mealworm is easy to spot & to remove on day two. So keeping your slings enclosure clean is easy, although sometimes the mealworm does disappear with some slings, which is a natural feeding response.</p><p></p><p>Personally I do not keep my mealworms in the fridge. So If my mealworms pupate, that simply provides me with a slight variety to the diet, the same with beetles. I cut the heads off beetles & just snip the end of pupa.</p><p></p><p>I feed my mealworms on cheap porridge & I occasionally sieve the resulting dust from eaten porridge out of the container & I also blow on the sieve to remove old shed skins.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to feeding small slings, I have never found a way to know if the sling eats or not. They are so small that a feast for them is imperceptible to us. So I simply try to make sure they have fresh food available at least 3 times per week. The mealworms are cheap & even with 10 - 15 slings needing a mealworm each, a tub of mealworms lasts me weeks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 177794, member: 29323"] Me too on the mealworms. I simply cut the head off & pop one in. As timc says, a tub lasts forever for most of us. So what I do is, I use a de headed one, which makes it easier & safer to use. I pop one in, on day one, remove it day two & on day three I pop a another one in. The slings have the option of fresh food every other day. The head being off means the mealworm does not bury it's self & then reappear as a potentially dangerous beetle for your sling. With the head off the mealworm will still move slightly for a long time & it has an opening to it's guts. A whole mealworm is easy to spot & to remove on day two. So keeping your slings enclosure clean is easy, although sometimes the mealworm does disappear with some slings, which is a natural feeding response. Personally I do not keep my mealworms in the fridge. So If my mealworms pupate, that simply provides me with a slight variety to the diet, the same with beetles. I cut the heads off beetles & just snip the end of pupa. I feed my mealworms on cheap porridge & I occasionally sieve the resulting dust from eaten porridge out of the container & I also blow on the sieve to remove old shed skins. When it comes to feeding small slings, I have never found a way to know if the sling eats or not. They are so small that a feast for them is imperceptible to us. So I simply try to make sure they have fresh food available at least 3 times per week. The mealworms are cheap & even with 10 - 15 slings needing a mealworm each, a tub of mealworms lasts me weeks. [/QUOTE]
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